The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-12-25
INTERESTING GOSSIP OF THE DAT:

Tho horse car stockholders and the theatre managers
arc rejoicing with exceeding Joy that the past week IL
dead and gone, for the bundles people carried took up
half the room In tho cara and the money they spent left
tho theatres gaping with emptiness
In tho days whom there was less to think of than now,
to-day was eagerly awaited in order TO note whether the
ground was white with snow or bare. What was called
a green Christmas' was dreaded a. the precursor of .
season Of sickness Let those who heed such matters
rejoice that this IL . white Christmas-
Mr.. C. Davis English Of the Philadelphia Club 10 at the
Hotel Brunswick with his young wife. Mr.. English is .
tall handsome lawyer. with . literary tasts. He has
been o frequent contributor to newspapers and Is very
popular In Philadelphia orioles He was married on
Tuesday to Miss Susan Morris Hacker, . daughter Of
Charles Hacker Of 22l South Broad street. Philadelphia,
At Holy Trinity Church, in that city Mr.. and Mrs. Eng
lish will 60 to Bermuda for the winter, and upon their
return will live at Devon, whore Mr.. Hacker has built his
daughter . nns residence.
with shame We confess that in at least one respect this
town IL worse of than even such little places a. Brook
are heated, but on most Of tho Now York lines the pas
sengers SILVER by the mile and deck the windows with
the arabesqueris Of their frozsn breathe
The biggest Christmas turkey in New York, some peo-
pie say, was the 43pounder sent to Capt WIN. n. Conner
by the children Of his old friend Tom Jauney, the high
toned Baltimore farmer.
tom" Plat walked down lower Broadway day or
two ago arm In arm with . bank President from olsan
who had asked n favor of him. "Platt IL Awfully accom-
modating." tho bank President said afterward; Iwen
to his office at q busy hour and asked him to take me
down q couple of blocks and introduce me to . friend of
his with whom l had business hadn't seen Plat since
he aud / worked so hard at Albany to elect Morton to
tho Senate. But ho remembered me In . moment shut
up his desk, and was away with mo an hour. I think he
values friendship very highly, and L. NJ unsslnsh ~ 1t u
possible for q politician to be. He seems to regard his
resignation from the United States Senate ~ . blundsr."
Almost any evening q striking group of old soldiers
may be seen about . table In the Hoffman House cafe
talking over old battles or asking Billy Edwards to OK.
plain some pecularities Of recent ones. Gen. Averin,
tho cavalryman; Major Duxberry OF stonewall Jack.
sons stan, Gen. MacIver, who has fought under four.
seen Hags and Col. Tom ochiltree, who recollects Tight
Ing under '~FiEhtinE Dick Taylor" all sat around
Billy" . night or two ago and quizzed him about
the difference between London prize ring rules and
those Of the redoubtable Marquis Of Queensberry.
you see," said the eI.champion. "in Queens
berry rules a man must fight until his three
minute round 10 up, and II he fallA or IL knocked down,
he must up and straight At 1t again. But in prize ring
rules there's q hail. minute rest between rounda 30 that
in = sixty.round light . fellow would have . clear thirty
minutes rest. And . round IL over, under prize ring
rules, a. soon ~ . lighter goes down. he may fall down,
or he may be struck on the arm that way land suiting
the action to the word he brought his left duke against
Gen. Averirs forearm The Generals hand was forced
against the bell on the table in front Of him; 1t rang
vocifsrously, and to BilIy's confusion and everybody
else's delight another round of drinks was brought Just
~ promptly ai 1t had been really ordered.